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Proud Moment For Hislop To Lead Scots

Scotland under-20 prop, Robin Hislop, has been involved with Scotland age-groups from under-17 right up to under-20 but he has never before captained his side.

So, tonight at Firhill (kick-off 7.30pm) when the Scots run out to face their biggest opponents, England under-20, ‘Bomber’ as known to his team-mates will for the first time lead the charge.

He said: “Captaining my country is going to be a really proud thing for me, it’s a massive honour and new challenge.

“We have a good group of players to take on England and preparations have gone well, so we will look to counter anything they throw at us and take our motivation from playing in front of a home crowd.”

The match at Firhill tonight is FREE for all spectators to attend and live updates will be available on our Twitter feed @scotlandteam.

Also for the first time the match will be broadcasted live on www.scottishrugby.org. Alongside match commentary and the expansive five-camera feed from the current home of Glasgow Warriors, there will post-match interviews following the eagerly anticipated head-to-head.

Hislop continued: “Firhill is a great ground to play at; the Glasgow fans always make it a very intimidating place for their opponents to come to, so we hope all the supporters tonight can create a similar atmosphere.

“We’re just really looking forward to the match now and hoping to get our RBS 6 Nations campaign off to a flying start.”